Edney A T
J R Soc Med. 1995 Dec;88(12):704p-8p. doi: 10.1177/014107689508801220.
Domestic animals share our environment in a variety of ways. One of these ways is as companions in and around our homes. Although a wide variety of species are kept in households for this purpose, the great majority are dogs and cats. Sharing our environment with such animals has a profound effect on the health of the humans concerned. As keeping companion animals is a very widespread activity, about 50% of all households in the Western world have some sort of animal, the effects are far reaching.
家畜以多种方式与我们共享环境。其中一种方式是作为我们家中及周边的伙伴。尽管为此目的有各种各样的物种被饲养在家庭中，但绝大多数是狗和猫。与这类动物共享环境对相关人类的健康有着深远影响。由于饲养伴侣动物是一项非常普遍的活动，西方世界约50%的家庭都养有某种动物，其影响是深远的。
